Fionnuala McCarthy

Fionnuala McCarthy

Dublin, Ireland

About Fionnuala

I've been an editor at Lonely Planet for over ten years. It really is a dream job! I get to spend my days talking to writers in far-flung corners of the world and commissioning brilliant travel stories for the site.

Recent stories from Fionnuala

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Spain, Fuerteventura, El Cotillo, back view of woman looking to the sea by sunset

Dec 23, 20253 min read

Escaping winter on the slower side of the Canary Islands

Lobby of hotel Prince de Galles Paris

Aug 21, 20255 min read

An art deco lover’s tour of Paris

Sep 9, 20244 min read

What it's really like to move to France and live out your dreams

TOPSHOT - Tourists take photos and selfies ifront of the Parthenon Temple during their visit at the Acropolis archaeological site in Athens on June 14, 2023. "The wait and the amount of people that are here are definitely overwhelming," a customer services operator told AFP.World Heritage Watch, a non-governmental organisation which supports UNESCO in protecting and safeguarding sites of international value, notes that the Acropolis currently lacks visitor management plans required under the UN watchdog's World Heritage Convention, to which Greece is a signatory. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP) (Photo by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sep 7, 20234 min read

The Acropolis in Greece takes bold step, imposing visitor limits to protect ancient site

Young woman tourist on Dubrovnik street, stone surface
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Luggage, Single Step, Travel, People Traveling, Tourism, Looking At View, Women, Females, Pedestrian, Handle, Rolling, Cobblestone, Stone Material, Old Town, Young Adult, Walking, Pulling, Caucasian Ethnicity, Wheel, White, Old, Famous Place, Architecture, Travel Destinations, Vacations, Urban Scene, Human Leg, Tourist, People, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia, Balkans, Europe, Summer, City, Town, Suitcase, Bag

Jun 30, 20232 min read

Is Dubrovnik banning wheelie suitcases from its Old Town?

Jun 7, 20233 min read

I'm a solo female traveler booked into a mixed-dorm hostel. Good or bad idea?

Facade of an old cottage with a thatched roof after a Facade of an old cottage with a thatched roof after a rainshower on a sunny day.Facade of an old cottage with a thatched roof after a rainshower on a sunny day..

Apr 5, 202210 min read

20 of the best pubs in Ireland for pints, music and the time of your life

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - FEBRUARY 08: Linn Eklund and Fanny Ekstrand are seen wearing purple and pink Miu Miu quilted nylon pants outside Beckmans college of design show in Stockholm fashion week Autumn/Winter 2022 on February 08, 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Raimonda Kulikauskiene/Getty Images)

Feb 10, 20223 min read

Sweden joins Norway and Denmark lifting all COVID restrictions and reopening to travelers

A young woman with fingernails decorated for St. Patrick's puts a face mask outside the Irish Potato Cake Company restaurant in Dublin's city center on St. Patrick's Day. .On Wednesday, 17 March 2021, in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Feb 9, 20224 min read

Ireland celebrates as St Patrick's Day festivities return next month

SANXENXO, SPAIN - JULY 11: A sign announces that smoking is prohibited on July 11, 2020 in Sanxenxo, Galicia, Spain. The municipality of Sanxenxo has adapted Silgar beach, in the Rías Baixas region, to protect bathers and tourists from the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Xurxo Lobato/Getty Images)

Dec 28, 20211 min read

Spain's beaches are now smoking free zones